State News

Sep 08, 2019

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Telangana Cabinet expanded; 6 more ministers inducted

AIR NEWS

Telangana state Cabinet has been expanded by inducting 6 more ministers.

Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Sabita Indrareddy, Satyavathi Rathode, K Taraka Ramarao, Harish Rao, G. Kamalakar, P. Ajay Kumar today. The ceremonial programme was held on the lawns of Rajbhavan in Hyderabad. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, ministers, high court judges, public representatives and a host of senior officials besides a large number of TRS Party cadres attended the function.

AIR correspondent says, with induction of Sabita Indrareddy and Satyavati Rathode, women have been given berths in the state cabinet for the first time ever since the separate Telangana state formed in 2014. Among the other inductees, K. Taraka Ramarao and Harish Rao, who are family members of the Chief Minister, have earlier served in the Cabinet during TRS -I government. Kamalakar and Ajay Kumar are first timers. It may be noted that Sabita Indrareddy served as Home Minister in the last cabinet of the combined Andhra Pradesh. With the cabinet expansion, the number of ministers in the cabinet has risen to 18.